Defending public interests in private lands: compliance, costs and potential environmental consequences of the Brazilian Forest Code in Mato Grosso

Stickler, C.; Nepstad, Daniel C.; Azevedo, Andréa Aguiar; McGrath, David

doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0160

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“…Therefore, the LR was the instrument utilized to change the pattern of soil usage in the region and avoid new forest conversions. However, considering that the existing models of exploitation were based on forest conversion, that no alternatives were proposed, and that the region's complex social relations were not considered, the increase in LR, in isolation, did not prevent an increase in the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon (SIQUEIRA & NOGUEIRA, 2004;IPEA, 2011;STICKLER et al, 2013).…”

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The legal reserve: historical basis for the understanding and analysis of this instrument

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“…Durigan et al [23] Macedo et al [24] Neill et al [27] Gardner et al [42] Le Tourneau et al [41] VanWey et al [29] Schwartzman et al [34] Riskin et al [28] Stickler et al [18] Nepstad et al [47] Galford et al [30] Schiesari et al [31] Morton et al [32] Silvério et al [36] Stickler et al [18] DeFries et al [49] Schwartzman et al [34] infrastructure Nepstad et al [47] Macedo et al [24] Neill et al [27] [35] Figure 1. Schematic diagram showing the interconnections among the processes that affect land cover and land-use change (LCLUC) and the social and biophysical outcomes of LCLUC in the Brazilian Amazon.…”

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“…Forest Code) [18]; increased global demand for commodities, which stimulated the expansion of cattle ranching and soya bean planting at the cost of illegal Amazon deforestation [3]; and finally, corruption that was embedded in several of the federal and state agencies responsible for reducing deforestation [19].…”

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Ecology, economy and management of an agroindustrial frontier landscape in the southeast Amazon

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The papers in this special issue address a major challenge facing our society: feeding a population that is simultaneously growing and increasing its per capita food consumption, while preventing widespread ecological and social impoverishment in the tropics. By focusing mostly on the Amazon's most dynamic agricultural frontier, Mato Grosso, they collectively clarify some key elements of achieving more sustainable agriculture. First, stakeholders in commodity-driven agricultural Amazonian frontiers respond rapidly to multiple forces, including global markets, international pressures for sustainably produced commodities and national-, state- and municipality-level policies. These forces can encourage or discourage deforestation rate changes within a short time-period. Second, agricultural frontiers are linked systems, land-use change is linked with regional climate, forest fires, water quality and stream discharge, which in turn are linked with the well-being of human populations. Thus, land-use practices at the farm level have ecological and social repercussions far removed from it. Third, policies need to consider the full socio-economic system to identify the efficacy and consequences of possible land management strategies. Monitoring to devise suitable management approaches depends not only on tracking land-use change, but also on monitoring the regional ecological and social consequences. Mato Grosso's achievements in reducing deforestation are impressive, yet they are also fragile. The ecological and social consequences and the successes and failures of management in this region can serve as an example of possible trajectories for other commodity-driven tropical agricultural frontiers.

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“…4), and the distribution of grid cells with NFC < 20% increased in 296 the mountainous regions and thus became more vulnerable to deforestation ( 299 DeFries et al, 2005). Natural forest that is severely fragmented shows small patches of natural 300 forest that are highly vulnerable to clearing (Stickler et al, 2013;Taylor, 2013). We also 301 observed that the grid cells with NFC > 50% were located in areas with a high altitude and steep 302 slope (Fig.…”

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Changes in the spatial and temporal pattern of natural forest cover on Hainan Island from the 1950s to the 2010s：implications for natural forest conservation and management

Lin

Jiang

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The study of the past, present, and future state and dynamics of the tropical natural forest cover (NFC) might help to better understand the pattern of deforestation and fragmentation as well as the influence of social and natural processes. The obtained information will support the development of effective conservation policies and strategies.In the present study, we used historical data of the road network, topography, and climatic productivity to reconstruct NFC maps of Hainan Island, China, from the 1950s to the 2010s, using the random forest algorithm. We investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of NFC change from the 1950s to the 2010s and found that it was highly dynamic in both space and time. Our data showed that grid cells with low NFC were more vulnerable to NFC decrease, suggesting that conservation actions regarding natural forests need to focus on regions with low NFC and high ecological value. We also identified the hot-spots of NFC change, which provides insights into the dynamic changes of natural forests over time. The study of the past, present, and future state and dynamics of the tropical natural forest cover 17 (NFC) might help to better understand the pattern of deforestation and fragmentation as well as 18 the influence of social and natural processes. The obtained information will support the 19 development of effective conservation policies and strategies. In the present study, we used 20 historical data of the road network, topography, and climatic productivity to reconstruct NFC 21 maps of Hainan Island, China, from the 1950s to the 2010s, using the random forest algorithm. 22 We investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of NFC change from the 1950s to the 2010s 23 and found that it was highly dynamic in both space and time. Our data showed that grid cells 24 with low NFC were more vulnerable to NFC decrease, suggesting that conservation actions 25 regarding natural forests need to focus on regions with low NFC and high ecological value. We 26 also identified the hot-spots of NFC change, which provides insights into the dynamic changes of 27 natural forests over time. Human activity is the dominant cause of contemporary environmental change worldwide 33 (Lewis & Maslin, 2015). Land use by humans is a major component of the long-term 34 anthropogenic global changes that have defined the "Anthropocene" as a new epoch of geologic 35 time (Ellis et al., 2013; Dirzo et al., 2014; Lewis & Maslin, 2015). The study of land use and 36 land cover change was initially dominated by monitoring and modelling of the ecological 37 impacts of major land cover changes, such as deforestation and desertification, on the natural 38 system (Lambin & Geist, 2006). However, research of land cover change has now become more 39 integrative, focusing on both the drivers and impacts of land change, including a wider range of 40 interacting processes. Understanding the drivers, state, trends and impacts of different land cover 41 change in combination with the social and natural processes mig...

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Defending public interests in private lands: compliance, costs and potential environmental consequences of the Brazilian Forest Code in Mato Grosso

Cited by 89 publications

References 31 publications

The legal reserve: historical basis for the understanding and analysis of this instrument

The legal reserve: historical basis for the understanding and analysis of this instrument

Ecology, economy and management of an agroindustrial frontier landscape in the southeast Amazon

Changes in the spatial and temporal pattern of natural forest cover on Hainan Island from the 1950s to the 2010s：implications for natural forest conservation and management

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